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Hearing Aid Lyrics
Frosty the supervisor
Lives by himself
Sometimes I feel sorry for him
Usually I can't
I've turned off my hearing aid
Don't say the electric chair's not good enough
For king-lazy-bones like myself
More coffee for me boss
'Cause I'm not as messed up as I want to be
I've turned off my hearing aid
Don't say the electric chair's not good enough
For king-lazy-bones like myself
Because
Because
Lives by himself
Sometimes I feel sorry for him
Usually I can't
Don't say the electric chair's not good enough
For king-lazy-bones like myself
'Cause I'm not as messed up as I want to be
Don't say the electric chair's not good enough
For king-lazy-bones like myself
Because
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I agree that this song is written from the perspective of an employee (possibly elderly, as TMBG are fond of the old folks :) relating how he's been insulted by a superior. However, there's a theory I'm pushing about one of the lyrics that nobody else seems to mention.
They all take that line "for king lazy bones like myself" as being the literal text of what the supervisor is saying. However...
The narrator has turned off his hearing aid, so he's not hearing the insult correctly. What TMBG have actually done is cleverly insinuated an obscenity without having to spell it out in the lyrics.
So in my view, t's not "for king lazy bones". The boss is actually saying "f***ing lazy bums like you." Which sounds much more plausible for something an irate boss might spit at an employee not doing their job.
It's exactly the kind of clever lyrical twist I would expect from TMBG. :)
@Pantherinsnow I love this so much. AND I think you’re right. This is like a new discovery. I never knew the correct lyrics for this one and I’ve been singing “...not good enough for being lazy folks like myself.” Anyway, I’m going to take that theory you’re pushing. I’m probably going to think about all day. :)
@Pantherinsnow I love this so much. AND I think you’re right. This is like a new discovery. I never knew the correct lyrics for this one and I’ve been singing “...not good enough for being lazy folks like myself.” Anyway, I’m going to take that theory you’re pushing. I’m probably going to think about all day. :)
im honored to be the first to post something for this. well, not much to say. its just about a mean guy, who feels sorry for his life
I always interpreted this to mean that a gentleman just stopped listening to people because he was sick of everything they were saying and this ended up alienating him from everyone else, and he wants nothing to do with them.
yup
I've always had the impression that this song was about a guy with an asshole boss.
He starts out by referring to him as "Frosty the Supervisor" (frosty referring to a cold personality), says he "lives by himself" (reinforcing the coldness) and says usually he can't find it in him to feel sorry for him.
The boss is always berating the narrator, saying things like "even the electric chair isn't good enough for a lazy bones like yourself." He turns off his hearing aid at work so he doesn't have to hear his boss's constant criticism.
Made all the better by the fact that the following song on Flood is Minimum Wage.
I had to sign up just to say this. "Hearing Aid" is a song about an unpleasant boss, and while I was reading other comments an ad came on which featured . . . a former unpleasant boss! In the words of Steven Wright, "it's a small world--but I wouldn't want to paint it."
I can relate to the line "More coffee for me, boss/`cause I'm not as messed up as I want to be." I never drank coffee until I got an early morning job and I started drinking mocha to get me going. I added a LOT of chocolate flavor and started telling people that "I only drink coffee if it's flavored beyond recognition."